The role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of venous ulcers

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-246

  Nikolovska, Suzana ^a   Pavlova, Ljubica ^a   Ancevski, Aleksandar ^a   Petrov, Andrej ^a   Arsovski, Andrej ^a   Dejanova, Elizabeta ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Pathophysiology of venous ulcers; Venous ulceration

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FREE RADICAL; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; SUPEROXIDE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE TRAPPING; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; ULCER; VEIN INJURY; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 29944443949     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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